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Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju (born 2 May 1971 in Owo, Ondo) is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres during her career.[1] She won 400 metres race in the 1991 All-Africa Games and was second in the 200 metres race. She is married to Adewale Olukoju.
She later competed in the 200 meters at the World Championship in Spain where she ran 22.28. She is also the first African woman to run under 50 secs in the 400 meters. She ran 49.43 at the 1995 African Championship
She competed for Nigeria in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the 400 meters in which she placed 6th with the time of 49.77 and 4 x 400 metres where she won the Silver medal with her teammates Bisi Afolabi, Charity Opara and Falilat Ogunkoya behind host nation America. She attended Azusa Pacific University.
References
- ^ "Yusuf Alli, Ogunkoya, Fatima Yusuf, others warm up for AFN elections". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2023.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Fatima Yusuf at World Athletics
- databaseOlympics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fatima Yusuf". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
Commonwealth Games champions in women's 400 metres | |
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